Money To Be Won

The race is on, as it always is,
at the sound of alarm, a quick burst
of first at the start.

Moving to the middle, stuck in
the pack, he is giving it his
all-out, panting, sweating,

blinkered to all distractions.
The competition is fierce,
as he moves to the outside,

leaving others behind. Now is
not the time to rein in, to pullback,
for now is the time to run even faster.

For forty years the corporate bit
has dug deep into his soul
with few unbridled moments of joy.

One day, he dreams, he will live
the pastoral life on a golf course,
on a beach, without an alarm.

But this is not yet that day,
for now is the time to run
for there is money to be won.